it is large in size in breadth, but not in terms of intensity. that's the good thing. >> how is the city weathering the storm so far? >> residents were told to hunker down in their own homes. if they didn't plan on evacuating voluntarily. and that's pretty much what everybody has done. the winds are still fairly high outside. we are still getting gusts to 65 miles an hour. >> the fact that this storm is moving so slowly would seem the number one concern, you said a second ago, the amount of rainfall, the estimates, 10 to 20 inches. what could that potentially mean for the city? >> one of the real concerns making sure the pump stations continue to work. now the pump stations have all gotten back up -- power supplies. in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. so, that so far seems to be working. >>> our thanks to the reporter, from the new orleans "times picayune." >>> this time last year, the hurricane making news was irene. battered the caribbean and east coast more than a week killing at least 67 people. from the carolinas, up to canada, rivers and